Stephen,I ran across the Murphy family in Ballinhassig while working on my Howard line from the same town. Have you by chance run across any Howard or Long families near your Murphy family in Wales? A few months ago we went to Ballinhassig and learned that most had emigrated and we assumed they had gone to the US. Our Howard/Long families went to the US in 1871 via Newcastle on Tyne. Regards, Micaela